Sanford, North Carolina

E28554
city municipality

Sanford, North Carolina is a small city in central North Carolina known historically for brick manufacturing and as a regional industrial and transportation hub.

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Label Occurrences
Sanford, North Carolina canonical 18
Sanford, North Carolina area 1
Sanford, North Carolina micropolitan statistical area 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
municipality ⓘ
areaCode 919 ⓘ
984 ⓘ
climate humid subtropical climate ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
county Lee County, North Carolina ⓘ
distanceTo approximately 35 miles south of Chapel Hill, North Carolina ⓘ
approximately 40 miles southwest of Raleigh, North Carolina ⓘ
approximately 45 miles northwest of Fayetteville, North Carolina ⓘ
economicSector distribution ⓘ
manufacturing ⓘ
services ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel approximately 226 feet ⓘ
approximately 69 meters ⓘ
FIPSCode 37-59200 ⓘ
GNISFeatureID 0995930 ⓘ
governmentType council–manager government ⓘ
hasAirport Raleigh Executive Jetport ⓘ
hasCulturalAttraction Temple Theatre ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution Central Carolina Community College (Sanford campus) ⓘ
hasFestival Sanford Pottery Festival ⓘ
hasRailLine CSX Transportation ⓘ
Norfolk Southern Railway ⓘ
hasRailService freight rail ⓘ
historicalIndustry brick manufacturing ⓘ
historicalRole regional industrial hub ⓘ
regional transportation hub ⓘ
incorporationYear 1874 ⓘ
isCountySeatOf Lee County, North Carolina ⓘ
latitude approximately 35.4799° N ⓘ
locatedIn central North Carolina ⓘ
locatedInMetropolitanArea Raleigh–Durham area ⓘ
surface form: Raleigh–Durham–Cary combined statistical area
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
longitude approximately 79.1803° W ⓘ
majorHighway North Carolina Highway 87 ⓘ
U.S. Route 1 ⓘ
U.S. Route 421 ⓘ
namedAfter C. O. Sanford ⓘ
nickname Brick Capital of the USA ⓘ
partOf Research Triangle ⓘ
surface form: Research Triangle region
postalCode 27330 ⓘ
27332 ⓘ
region Piedmont region of North Carolina ⓘ
state North Carolina ⓘ
timeZoneDST Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Daylight Time

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Piedmont region of North Carolina → hasMajorCity → Sanford, North Carolina ⓘ
Diocese of North Carolina → territoryIncludes → Sanford, North Carolina ⓘ
U.S. Route 15 → passesThrough → Sanford, North Carolina ⓘ
Lee County, North Carolina → hasCountySeat → Sanford, North Carolina ⓘ
Lee County, North Carolina → hasLargestCity → Sanford, North Carolina ⓘ
Lee County, North Carolina → hasMajorCity → Sanford, North Carolina ⓘ
Lee County, North Carolina → contains → Sanford, North Carolina ⓘ
Central Carolina Community College (Sanford campus) → locatedIn → Sanford, North Carolina ⓘ
Central Carolina Community College (Sanford campus) → servesRegion → Sanford, North Carolina ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sanford, North Carolina area
Brick Capital of the USA → refersTo → Sanford, North Carolina ⓘ
Brick Capital of the USA → appliesTo → Sanford, North Carolina ⓘ
Brick Capital of the USA → nicknameOf → Sanford, North Carolina ⓘ
Sanford Pottery Festival → location → Sanford, North Carolina ⓘ
Temple Theatre → location → Sanford, North Carolina ⓘ
Temple Theatre → city → Sanford, North Carolina ⓘ
Raleigh Executive Jetport → locatedIn → Sanford, North Carolina ⓘ
Raleigh Executive Jetport → servesCity → Sanford, North Carolina ⓘ
North Carolina's 6th congressional district → hasCity → Sanford, North Carolina ⓘ
U.S. Route 501 in North Carolina → connects → Sanford, North Carolina ⓘ
Broadway, North Carolina → isPartOfStatisticalArea → Sanford, North Carolina ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sanford, North Carolina micropolitan statistical area